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Facial Nerve Palsy in Malignant Otitis Externa Hospitalizations: Outcomes and Risk Factors

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To provide a description of the occurrence of facial nerve palsy in hospitalizations for malignant otitis externa and to compare the demographic characteristics, hospital traits, comorbidities, and outcomes between patients with and without palsy. Study Design Retrospective cross‐sectional database study.
Emma R. Thompson, Anthony M. Saad, Sean Z. Haimowitz, Nour H. Abdel‐Azim, Kevin Wong, Andrey Filimonov   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between ACTN3 and acute mountain sickness

Genes and Environment, 2019
Background During the process of acclimatization, when our organism needs to adjust several metabolic processes in the attempt of establishing a better oxygenation, it is normal that individuals present some symptoms that can lead to the disease of the ...
Ricardo Muller Bottura, Giscard Humberto Oliveira Lima, Debora Cristina Hipolide, João Bosco Pesquero   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unveiling human–wildlife interactions in the context of livestock grazing abandonment and the return of large carnivores, ungulates and vultures: A stakeholder perspective

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Pastoral practices remain a widespread economic activity across European mountain regions. However, the viability of this activity may be threatened by the recovery of large wild vertebrates associated with passive rewilding, leading to the so‐called human–wildlife conflicts.
P. Acebes, F. J. Muñoz‐Gálvez, Z. Iglesias‐González, M. García‐Llorente, D. López‐García   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unlocking landscape transient dynamics: Integrating traditional ecological knowledge for enhanced analysis of land‐use changes and forest expansion in a Mediterranean ecosystem

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The Industrial Revolution triggered rural abandonment in Europe and had a profound impact on land configuration and ecosystem dynamics, mainly the growth of forests at the expense of open agricultural habitats. However, rural abandonment has been asynchronous in space and time, depending on regional socio‐economic dynamics.
Joan Bauzà, Miquel Grimalt, Daniel Oro
wiley   +1 more source

Ontological polyglossia: the art of communicating in opacity* Polyglossie ontologique : l'art de communiquer dans l'opacité

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
What do communicating with a baby, with an animal, and with an ancestor have in common? In all three cases, people engage in opaque communication that is far from the standard psycholinguistic model of transparent interaction based on shared intentionality.
Charles Stépanoff
wiley   +1 more source

Sleep loss effects on physiological and cognitive responses to systemic environmental hypoxia

Frontiers in Physiology, 2022
In the course of their missions or training, alpinists, but also mountain combat forces and mountain security services, professional miners, aircrew, aircraft and glider pilots and helicopter crews are regularly exposed to altitude without oxygen ...
Pierre Fabries, Pierre Fabries, Pierre Fabries, Danielle Gomez-Merino, Danielle Gomez-Merino, Fabien Sauvet, Fabien Sauvet, Fabien Sauvet, Alexandra Malgoyre, Alexandra Malgoyre, Nathalie Koulmann, Nathalie Koulmann, Mounir Chennaoui, Mounir Chennaoui   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prediction of acute mountain sickness [PDF]

BMJ, 1995
Acute mountain sickness is a common problem when ascending above 3000 m.1 2 3 Attempts to predict its development have so far been unsuccessful, and the side effects of current prophylaxis limit its widespread use. We tried to develop a simple clinical method of prediction.
AUSTIN, D, SLEIGH, J
openaire   +2 more sources

Autopsy, deathways, and intercultural healthcare in the southern Peruvian Andes Autopsie, pratiques mortuaires et soins de santé interculturels dans le sud des Andes péruviennes

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
While death remains a popular topic for anthropology, relatively few ethnographic accounts consider the modern bureaucratic processes accompanying it. One such process is public health autopsy, which scholars have largely taken for granted. Existing analysis has regarded it as a form of ‘cultural brokering’ and autopsy reluctance in communities is seen,
David M.R. Orr
wiley   +1 more source

Examination of novel diagnostic approaches and contemporary strategies for preventing acute mountain sickness

Journal of Education, Health and Sport
Introduction and purpose: Acute mountain sickness is caused by hypoxia, of which the brain is the most sensitive. The frequency of occurrence at altitudes above 2500 m above sea level may reach up to 75% of travelers.
Zuzanna Olejarz, Karolina Nowak, Zuzanna Drygała, Julia Wyrwał, Zuzanna Zielińska, Magdalena Słowik, Karolina Nowak, Maria Nieć, Katarzyna Gierlach, Martyna Krasuska   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
wiley   +1 more source